We all like photographing candid. Those brilliant shots that capture how a person is really feeling, or what they are really thinking without the gloss of smiles and poses. There’s no better place for candids than the underground/subway/metro. Thousands of people all crammed into a small space refusing to make eye contact with »
I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I get to visit Paris every few months. It’s one of the only cities in the world I never get bored of; there’s always so much to see and do. This time, I decided to go ‘film only’, taking my holga, a lubitel TLR and a »
It’s been a bit quiet since the new year. It’s dark here in Scotland, real dark. I’ve not been doing to much photography lately, been busy at work with 8 websites to make before March, and trying to get my main site Goat Karma put into tumblr but that’s all forgotten now »
Welcome to holgablog, a blog about the world of film photography (with a handful of digital thrown in every so often too!).
Holgapalooza 2010 Deadline Approaches!
The deadline for www.holgapalooza.com is just around the corner! Here is a reminder of this year’s Summer Contest Festivus!
Fun in the Sun-Printing
Some time late last year (OK, Christmas), I got a present called “Sun-Print Paper”. This stuff is basically sold as a “toy” to parents who probably want their kids to get off their console, get out the house, and take in some Sunshine or else.
How to make Cog-Pano’s on your Holga
First things first. The image above was shot on my Holga, and I only manipulated digitally by way of turning it black & white and adding my copyright symbol. Otherwise, this is shown exactly as it was shot, with the image stretching its way across the film plain in a nice wide panoramic and covering [...]
